Fri Aug 22, 7:20 pm ETSUMMARY: Unhappy that the church took a political battle to sacrament meetings, they quietly quote LDS teachings against infringing on the rights of others.
Prompted by their church's support for a California initiative to ban same-sex marriage, some Mormons are voicing opposition to the proposed ban on the Internet -- saying in cyberspace what they might not be able to express in church buildings.
"We need a place where people can have a discussion and get information," said Laura Compton, a contributor at MormonsforMarriage.com. "And people need to know that it's not coming from an anti-Mormon place, or a gay Castro district place. It's coming from a faithful place."
MormonsforMarriage is one of a handful of Web sites to spring up since June, when top Mormon leaders distributed a letter to be read from California pulpits to call the faith's 750,000-plus members there to contribute money and time to help pass Proposition 8.
The Nov. 4 ballot initiative would amend California's constitution to recognize marriage as only between a man and a woman. A state Supreme Court ruling in May legalized marriage for gay men and women.
"When I heard and saw the letter that the church leaders had read in sacrament meetings, I was appalled," said Carolyn Ball, a lesbian who was excommunicated in 2002 for refusing to choose the church over her partner. "So I said, 'That's it.' I want Mormons to know that there are gay people in their congregations, every Sunday."
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Just a heads up: Mike Huckabee recently gave an interview in which he holds Mitt Romney responsible for implementing gay marriage in Massachusetts.
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I wish that more rank and file members of the LDS (Mormon) church would realize: the anti-gay coalition they've joined in California is one that includes folks who - given the chance - would vote their church out of existence.
Folks like Mike Huckabee and his Evangelical buddies.
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